bat (around)

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bat (around)
Verb
  • People talked over each other without listening to understand different perspectives.
    Jonathan H. Westover, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The China dichotomy: amorphous stimulus talk over the weekend versus its military conducting blockade drills near Taiwan.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Webster Financial Corporation's report discusses various financial metrics, including a return on average assets of 1.01% and a return on average tangible common stockholders' equity of 14.29%.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Skidmore College psychologist Sheldon Solomon discusses Ernest Becker’s ‘The Denial of Death’ and terror management theory in the context of humanity’s history of brutal behavior.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Then again, given that Diamond is looking to re-sign a number of its MLB partners at steep discounts, that particular slice of the revenue pie has already been pretty well chewed over.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Here’s a bit of a brain-bender to chew over (pun intended): All porterhouse steaks are T-bone steaks, but not all T-bones are porterhouses.
    Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • The commission deliberated for just eight minutes before the final vote.
    Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The six man, six woman jury deliberated for more than 20 hours over three days.
    CBS News, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This is a talky chamber piece of philosophical face-offs, debate duels and wordy warfare, though the outcomes remain just as harrowing.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Two mega crypto investors met on YouTube to debate the presidential election.
    Brady Dale, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Bat (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bat%20%28around%29. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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